Medium severity · published Mar 27, 2020
CVE-2020-8551
The Kubelet component in versions 1.15.0-1.15.9, 1.16.0-1.16.6, and 1.17.0-1.17.2 has been found to be vulnerable to a denial of service attack via the kubelet API, including the…
6.5
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Kubelet component in versions 1.15.0-1.15.9, 1.16.0-1.16.6, and 1.17.0-1.17.2 has been found to be vulnerable to a denial of service attack via the kubelet API, including the unauthenticated HTTP read-only API typically served on port 10255, and the authenticated HTTPS API typically served on port 10250.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 69% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
32 · source: NVD
KU
Kubernetes · Kubernetes
1.15.0 through 1.15.9; 1.16.0 through 1.16.6; 1.17.0 through 1.17.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8551
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8551
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/89377
groups.google.com
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/kubernetes-security-announce/2UOlsba2g0s
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3SOCLOPTSYABTE4CLTSPDIFE6ZZZR4LX/
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200413-0003/
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